Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-27225

high Nessus Plugin ID 229874

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- In versions 4.18 and earlier of the Eclipse Platform, the Help Subsystem does not authenticate active help requests to the local help web server, allowing an unauthenticated local attacker to issue active help commands to the associated Eclipse Platform process or Eclipse Rich Client Platform process.
(CVE-2020-27225)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 229874

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_27225.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 8/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27225

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eclipse-platform, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:eclipse-pde, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eclipse-swt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:eclipse-platform, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eclipse-equinox-osgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eclipse-pde, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:eclipse-jdt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:eclipse-p2-discovery, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eclipse-jdt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:eclipse-p2-discovery, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:eclipse-swt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:eclipse-equinox-osgi, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:eclipse

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27225

Detections

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